Sinn Fein Leader Urges Ira To Pursue Goals Politically

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April 7, 2005

LONDON -- Gerry Adams, leader of the Sinn Fein political wing of the Irish Republican Army, urged IRA fighters Wednesday to pursue their goals through politics as an alternative to "armed struggle." His statement to reporters in Belfast was depicted as the closest he has come in public to urging the IRA to turn its back on violence.